Short Tortoise Poems
Short Tortoise Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Tortoise by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Tortoise by length and keyword.
She was attracted
by a humble tortoise
the beautiful designs
made her sleepless
but hidden realities
she did not know
Categories:
tortoise, metaphor, wisdom, woman,
Form:
Free verse
Michelle introduced us to Morris
Most prolific thesaurus tortoise
Her wording profuse
Just like Dr. Seuss
She most certainly didn't bore us
Categories:
tortoise, fun, humorous, tribute, word play, words,
Form:
Limerick
A bunny can hop, jump, and leap
And sit up straight whilst fast asleep
A tortoise must climb
One step at a time
Spurred on by the Roadrunner's beep
Categories:
tortoise, america,
Form:
Limerick
So confusing and
complecated
moving slowly
like a little tortoise
but with patience
we would walk it
through
Categories:
tortoise,
Form:
ABC
Tortoise’s Song
A shy Tortoise I remain-
Who from publicity does refrain
On a march so slow
When I see ‘then’ I withdraw!!
JM
02nd February 2014
Categories:
tortoise,
Form:
Couplet
For an exotic meal I pursued,
Not expecting one that did include,
Some baked tortoise tails
Amongst a plate of snails...
But I think I’ll just stick to fast food.
Categories:
tortoise, food, humor,
Form:
Limerick
a turquoise tortoise
and a purposive porpoise
neither loses poise
Categories:
tortoise, animals, life, nature,
Form:
Senryu
I heard the calico box crab theme
as I nestled warmly by a trout-filled stream.
I saw the hare and tortoise dance,
and wondered if it was romance,
or just an addled dream.
Categories:
tortoise, animal, dance, dream, nonsense,
Form:
Rhyme
winked tortoise to the snail ~ the hare was already springing past summer
Winter is not Forever Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: BJ Legros Kelley
Howmanysyllables 17
15/02/23
Categories:
tortoise, allegory, humor, perspective,
Form:
Monoku
Sitting on my window seat,
A world below, a world complete.
People passing people by,
No time to question who or why.
Man with green bag, going where?
If he's the tortoise, where's the hare?
Categories:
tortoise, introspection, lifeworld,
Form:
I do not know?
a limerick by Wayne Wysocki
The tortoise and hare had a race
But the rabbit came in second place
So the notion that speed
Makes the win guaranteed
Just isn't always the case.
Categories:
tortoise, humor, humorous, race,
Form:
Limerick
Trees were our tortoise shell,
Which down-down we fell;
We stand now on dead stems,
Cheering – See, we’re free!!
Aug. 16, 2020
Strand Completely New (23), Any Form, Any Theme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Categories:
tortoise, beauty, nature, pollution, tree,
Form:
Free verse
A stubborn old Taurus
I wish I was a tortoise
To live life at a reasonable pace
But more on topic
I'm agoraphobic
I could go out never leaving my place
05.05.18
Viv Wigley
I wish I was a - Poetry Contest
Categories:
tortoise, animal, appreciation, introspection, mental illness,
Form:
Rhyme
Hot bath in the morning
Swiping for hours
favorite food on plate
slow and steady
Like a tortoise against a hare
Content with small fishes from a pond
When there's a huge ocean just steps away
Is the ship sailing without a destination?
Categories:
tortoise, addiction, boat, dream, fear,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
tortoise, birthday, celebration, cheer up, life, meaningful, nature,
Form:
Sedoka
I have a weapon as you can see
Leave me alone and let me be
Going fast is my greatest need
I was designed for high speed
So far ahead on the final lap
I can afford to take a nap
So race me if you dare
I'm not a tortoise I'm a hare
Categories:
tortoise, lossme, me,
Form:
Couplet
Flimsy faerie rode her pet tortoise on the tips of falling leaves
Dancing and hopping as joyful and excited as you please
Trake, the tortoise loved having his best friend on his back
They tumbled into the giant leaf pile with a splickety whack whack
Categories:
tortoise, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Rhyme
Escort Us To a Tortoise
While I was riding around on a tortoise,
Had suffered from case of rigor mortis;
Thought was best;
Was hard to digest;
We named first child Unum E. Pluribus.
Jim Horn
PS.
Dug own grave with hands being shortest.
Categories:
tortoise, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
The hare expected to win and the tortoise knew he would lose--too much and too little of themselves, until fate intervened.
One sat under the apple tree until an apple fell on its head, and the other was on top of that tree, simply going out on a limb.
Categories:
tortoise, analogy,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
tortoise, 12th grade,
Form:
Haiku
Boil water nice and hot;
Cut up vegetables in the pot.
Sprinkle herbs and seasoning in
Now toss in the terrapin.
Turtle soup, fresh from the sea;
Sailors’ cuisine for a century.
One more trick to make you well;
Ground up and drink the tortoise shell.
Categories:
tortoise, food
Form:
Couplet
Categories:
tortoise, 12th grade,
Form:
Haiku
Duck Pond Disaster
He awoke from hibernation
and dreamed that he could swim.
But Trevor was a Tortoise
So, his chances were very slim.
“I will head down to the Duck pond
Bravely venture out alone”.
Trevor thought himself a Turtle
Sadly, he sunk like a stone.
Categories:
tortoise, dream, nonsense, sad, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
There, goes my pet true.
Tortoise, crawls on carpet,blue.
Please, not in my shoe.
5/12/2021
~ 4-
Rhymed Senryu
Categories:
tortoise, child, giggle, pets,
Form:
Senryu
the tortoise-shaped cloud
as tall as a skyscraper
and a half as wide
floats slowly across blue sky
with no hare-shaped cloud to race
patchy cloudy sky
with shapely stories to tell
hare-brained ideas
and the tortoise will always
slowly and steadily win
Categories:
tortoise, fantasy,
Form:
Tanka